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Mstewart87
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Dec 19, 2018

XR500 Hybrid VPN advanced Setup IPvanish

i am trying to setup the advanced settings for Hybrid VPN and it seems as if it will only accept a text input.   the config file i recieved from my VPN is a zip file containing the security certificate file itself and each servers OVPN file.   i am unable to copy/paste any of the files to the router nor upload them.  is there an example of the exact text that is required for operation.   The user guide is very vague and unhelpful with a very basic "upload your config file" statement.  any help would be appreciated.

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  • Netduma_Jack's avatar
    Netduma_Jack
    NetDuma Partner
    Dec 19, 2018

    Hi there - it's referring to an openvpn config file. Your VPN provider will be able to assist you with this if you're not sure (it should end .ovpn and you can open it in notepad). Here's an example:

     

    client
dev tun
proto udp
remote-random
remote us-lax-001.mullvad.net 1402
cipher AES-256-CBC
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
verb 3
remote-cert-tls server
ping 10
ping-restart 60
sndbuf 524288
rcvbuf 524288
fast-io
auth-user-pass
reneg-sec 0
<ca>
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIGIzCCBAugAwIBAgIJAK6BqXN9GHI0MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMIGfMQswCQYD
VQQGEwJTRTERMA8GA1UECAwIR290YWxhbmQxEzARBgNVBAcMCkdvdGhlbmJ1cmcx
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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
</ca>
tls-cipher TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-GCM-SHA384:TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA